there was a poster on this board (he who shall not be named

) thought it would be a good idea to limit the angler days on popular waters like Putah Creek, the Trinity, Owens river, Walker River. He even mentioned it in comments to the F&G Commission this last summer. I don't think we are to that point yet.
There is no problem with growing the sport of angling, whether fly, lure or bait, as long as we stop the habitat degradation that has occured and demand more clean water for fish. Polluted water and the money grubbers who caused it are the problems. If we had healthy Salmon and Steelhead runs up the Sacramento and San Joaquin River that went up to their historical like the Pit (could you imagine steelhead and spring salmon in Hat Creek?) , Mc Cloud, NFFR, SFAR, Moke, ... we would not be talking about having casting competitions to drum up angler excitement.